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Susan Knox

Carol Vorderman left red-faced as Gyles Brandreth lets slip about her 'many boyfriends'

Carol Vorderman was left red-facd during Friday's instalment of This Morning as co-star and close pal Gyles Brandreth teased her over her love life.

The former Countdown star, 61, pleaded with Gyles to 'stop' after he cheekily shared details of her romantic life.

Glamorous Carol appeared on the ITV morning show to discuss all things dating in the lead up to Christmas, as she and Gyles dished out some advice to the singletons who are spending the festive season without another halve.

During the segment, where Carol and Gyles chatted romance with hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, former Gogglebox star Gyles let slip some juicy details about Carol's dating life.

Carol was left red-faced after Gyles' comments on her dating life (ITV)

The cheeky This Morning star claimed Carol has 'so many boyfriends' that she can choose one to kick out during Christmas.

Sharing her advice with one This Morning viewer who had asked for tips on how to get over a breakup during the festive season, Carol said: "A lot of people break up at Christmas time. Should you break up before? Do you go into it possibly knowing that's what's going to happen? Divorce lawyers are very active in January," she shared.

Unable to let the opportunity for a gag pass, Gyles joked that Carol was most certainly not having that problem at present as he referenced her 'many boyfriends'.

Gyles joked that Carol had 'several boyfriends' (ITV)

"She's got so many boyfriends she plays the thing of pass the parcel and whoever ends up holding the parcel has to leave the house. That's how she gets shots of them," he joked.

It comes after Carol recently revealed that she dates multiple men at the same time.

The 61-year-old former Countdown star was praised earlier this year for her 'free' attitude to relationships after an appearance on Loose Women.

Carol shared her decision to stay unattached stems from her upbringing, as her mum was a single parent in the 1960s.

Carol and Gyles chatted all things romance and dating with hosts Holly and Phil (ITV)
(Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She explained: “What it is, when you’re growing up as a young girl, you’re told that you should have one partner, and for the vast majority of people that suits.

“But then as we all have women friends, girlfriends if you like who are older, a lot of people who are married go, ‘I wouldn’t mind living in a separate house actually’.”

Admitting she feels 'free' living on her own, Carol said she is so used to her own space now she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Carol is happy and content being on her own (ITV)

“I do feel free. Having a single parent in the Sixties, my mum remarried my wonderful stepfather - and she kept leaving him. So we were there one night in a lovely house, then we were in the circus. It was an anxious way to live.”

Carol's last relationship was with journalist Des Kelly, who she split from in 2007.

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